Metabolome analysis during the morphological transition of Candida albicans

Metabolomics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1204-1217

  Han, Ting li ^a   Cannon, Richard D ^b   Villas Bôas, Silas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Central carbon metabolism; Filamentous growth; Metabolite profiling; Metabolomics; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84868359686     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-012-0416-6     Document Type: Article

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